THIS MONTH’S EXHIBIT:
The Award Winning Art of Bob Eggleton
At Needham Free Public Library – March 2024
The Award Winning Art of Bob Eggleton
Artist Statement
Award-winning artist Bob Eggleton is celebrated for his science fiction, horror, and fantasy works. Active since the 1980s, He is especially known for his love of Godzilla and other kaiju, which he has illustrated for various media projects, including Dark Horse Comics, Random House Godzilla books, IDW’s Godzilla comic series and Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. Bob’s artwork has graced many Science Fiction and Fantasy book and magazine covers over the last three decades and was one of the earlier artist for Magic, the Gathering Cards. He also writes and illustrates his own publications, including Alien Horizons, The Book of Sea Monsters, Greetings from Earth, Dragonhenge, Primal Darkness, The Star Dragons and Dragons’ Domain. Bob has also worked as a conceptual illustrator for films such as Sphere (1997), Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (2001) and The Ant Bully (2006).
In 1994, Bob Eggleton won the first of nine Hugo Awards—the most prestigious literary prize for science fiction. He is also the recipient of 12 Chesley Awards, given by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, 3 Locus Awards, a Rondo Award (Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award), a Mangled Skyscraper Award (for significant contributions to the Godzilla/Kaiju Eiga genre), and the E.E. Smith Skylark Award for his work in various areas of science fiction, horror and fantasy. He has been a Guest Artist at numerous Science Fiction Conventions, including Chicon 2000, the World Science Fiction Convention.
Bob’s art is influenced by Romanticism, specifically the British painters J.M.W. Turner and John Martin, as well as the works of Gustave Dore and Winslow Homer. Eggleton’s darkly comic and richly detailed art evokes epic human dramas. In 2021, his work was included in the Norman Rockwell Museum’s “Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration.”
He will be speaking at the Library on Saturday, March 16 @ 2 PM
Art Gallery
Please complete and submit an application. It may be found by clicking on the link above. The application must be returned to Gay Ellen Dennett, along with an example of the work (website, photos, thumbdrive with artwork on it, etc) for consideration by the Art Committee. For further inquiries, please contact Gay Ellen Dennett at 781-455-7559 x 223.